1923 in radio

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The year 1923 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history.

Contents 1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Closings 4 Births 4.1 Undated 5 Deaths 6 References

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• 1 January – In the United States the well-known American Football Rose Bowl Game is broadcast for the first time, on Los Angeles station KHJ.
• 13 March – Production of the first radio set incorporating a loudspeaker. All previously produced sets had required the use of headphones.
• 1 April – In Vienna the Czeija & Nissl electrical company begins test transmissions from its premises in co-operation with a technical high school, the Technisches Gewerbemusem. This marks the start of radio broadcasting in Austria.
• 29 October – Regular radio broadcasting in Germany officially begins with the first evening transmission from the Sendestelle Berlin installed at the Vox-Haus in Potsdamer Platz.^[1][2]
• 13 November - Australia's first licenced radio station, 2SB, begins transmission in Sydney.

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• March 22 – Hockey Night in Canada is first broadcast on the Toronto Star's private station CFCA.

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[edit] Births

• 25 December – Gordon Baxter, American radio personality, author and columnist.(d. 2005)

[edit] Undated

• Janie Joplin, American radio announcer and voice-over artist.(d. 2007)

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